Will Putin run for re-election in 2024? Russian President said- According to the law…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would comment on whether he would run again in 2024 only after the vote is officially announced later this year. The Russian leader has led the country since the turn of the century, winning four presidential elections and even serving as prime minister for a time, while political opposition in the country has become almost non-existent. According to the law, parliament should take the decision at the end of the year, Vladimir Putin said at the Eastern Economic Forum in the Pacific port of Vladivostok. He said that when the elections are announced, when the date is fixed, then we will talk about it.

Presidential elections in Russia are officially determined by the Parliament. Elections are held every six years after term limits were extended from four years previously. A second round could occur if no candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote, but in practice this has never happened because Vladimir Putin has won the election by a large margin. Rights groups say national elections in Russia have largely become a rubber stamp for Putin and the ruling party. Dozens of prominent Russian dissidents have fled the country or been jailed, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny. He is serving a prison sentence on multiple charges and in August was given a new 19-year prison sentence on extremism charges.

Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov had said that the Russian President does not currently face any competition. He said that perhaps, it is clear that in the current era no one in our country can really compete with him.